The Falconer (Simonds)

The Falconer is a bronze sculpture in Central Park, New York City by English sculptor George Blackall Simonds.

It depicts a man in a theatrical version of Elizabethan dress standing on a high granite pedestal, releasing a hunting falcon.

The growth of surrounding trees has partly obscured the site.

The original falcon was stolen, and in the 1960s the New York City Parks Department commissioned their employee and sculptor, Joel Rudnick, to mold a new falcon which now sits on The Falconer's arm.

The arm itself was also re-fashioned by Parks' employee Domenico Facci.